Hybrid Lunchbox Talk: Embodying Biodiversity, Re-storying Conservation

Thu May 08 2025 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm UTC-04:00

100 Old Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, North Carolina 27517 | Chapel Hill

North Carolina Botanical Garden
Publisher/HostNorth Carolina Botanical Garden
Hybrid Lunchbox Talk: Embodying Biodiversity, Re-storying Conservation
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With Terese Gagnon, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thursday, May 8
12-1 p.m.
Hybrid: In-person and on Zoom
Free!
Register: https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0005-0014-a48f90f8439546c291c7a749210dd88f
The vast majority of biodiversity conservation worldwide is carried out not by large-scale initiatives but by ordinary people who cultivate sensory-motivated, place-based bonds with specific plants. This talk delves into the power of everyday forms of biodiversity conservation, motivated by sensory and embodied engagement with plants.
Acknowledging the monumental role of everyday champions in tending biodiversity, Gagnon discusses how this caretaking is crucial to countering unfolding ecological harm and global injustice stemming from colonial violence and racial capitalism.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Terese Gagnon, PhD is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research explores peoples’ movements with their seeds and plants across landscapes of home and exile. She is editor of Embodying Biodiversity: Sensory Conservation as Refuge and Sovereignty and co-editor of Movable Gardens: Itineraries and Sanctuaries of Memory.
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